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Paul Kruger image 3 weeks 4 days ago #96653

Rob D Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 890 Thank you received: 840	Could anyone help me obtain a high resolution version of this image? thanks Rob The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past. Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: Elmarie, Neville_C
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Paul Kruger image 3 weeks 4 days ago #96654

Neville_C Offline Administrator Posts: 1573 Thank you received: 2403	What an extraordinary photograph, Rob. I assume it was taken very late on in his life, perhaps in Switzerland?
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Paul Kruger image 3 weeks 4 days ago #96655

Rob D Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 890 Thank you received: 840	It's remarkable - I found it here www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/108Y5Y But I lack the purchasing power to buy a hi res copy from Getty The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past. The following user(s) said Thank You: Elmarie, Neville_C
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Paul Kruger image 3 weeks 3 days ago #96664

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I believe the photo was taken onboard the the Dutch cruiser, De Gelderland, ca October 1900, en route to Europe.

Attached, taken shortly before, the last posed studio (J & M Lazarus, Lourenco Marques) photograph of Kruger on African soil, taken at Lourenco Marques in October 1900 (shortly before his departure on tn 20 October, 1900), presumably on the stoep of the Governor's (Joaquim José Machado) mansion.

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Paul Kruger image 3 weeks 3 days ago #96665

Rob D Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 890 Thank you received: 840	David Biggins has done some magic and it looks even better thanks David! Tunguska, can you tell us more about his journey to Europe and what you know about the image and the photographer etc? The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past. Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: Moranthorse1
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Paul Kruger image 3 weeks 3 days ago #96666

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Tunguska wrote: I believe the photo was taken onboard the the Dutch cruiser, De Gelderland

This makes complete sense. I couldn't work out why the barograph (top right) was suspended by springs. On a ship, such a construction would be needed to stop the pen from moving with the boat.

There is another photograph of Kruger on board the Gelderland (published in "Protected Cruiser Gelderland", p.37), which shows him wearing the same flat cap as that on the table in Rob's picture.